Fall 2010

Using Edges to Improve Your Compositions; How to Draw Arms With Strength
and Conviction; Drawing Fundamentals: The Figure in Action; Depict the
colors of the Night; Dramatic Shadows for Subtle Effect.

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CONTENTS

4 Editor’s Note

7 Contributors

8 Sketchbook

18 Where to Study Drawing:
A Sponsored
Guide to Some of the Best Educational
Programs

22 How to Draw the Arm With Strength and
Conviction
BY DAN GHENO
By strategically employing line and value and
utilizing anatomical knowledge, artists can draw
arms that enhance the realism of the figure.

38 Drawing Fundamentals
The Figure in Action: The Inner Axis and
Surface Centerlines
BY JON DEMARTIN
By finding and sketching both a form’s inner line
of action and various centerlines on its surface,
you can better represent a figure’s gesture and
orientation in space.

46 Focusing on the Edge
BY TIMOTHY W. JAHN AND ANTHONY WAICHULIS
This step-by-step demonstration explores strategies for
improving your use of edges, one of an artist’s most
versatile tools.

62 Using Materials That Reflect Your Subject Matter
BY DEAN DALFONZO
For her drawings exploring industrial neglect and decay,
Stacy Seiler uses materials such as charcoal and rusted iron,
which are closely connected to the world she depicts.

70 Using the Figure to Pose Major Questions
BY AUSTIN R. WILLIAMS
Noah Buchanan’s graphite drawings use the human figure
to explore issues of art, science, and humanity, and to
synthesize the influences of multiple historical schools.

80 Drawing With Wire (and Sugar, and Porcelain,
and Photographs…)
BY BOB BAHR
Susan Graham works in a variety of media, many of
which are untraditional, and her impressive artwork
quickly raises questions about line, tone, and the essential
elements of drawing.